Hanger.



F. F. BRADLEY.

HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED net. 5. 1916.

1,226,856. Patented May 22,1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN F. BRADLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO BRADLEY & VROOMANCOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

' HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 5, 1916. Serial No. 123,828.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN F. BRAD- LEY, citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hangers, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, concise, and

of liquid whereby the device of my invention.

is particularly serviceable when employed for suspending hollow objectsin dipping vats. Hangers of my invention are of particular service insuspending the head and foot pieces of bedsteads that are formed oftubing since by means of my invention the inflow of paint or sizing intothe open bottom ends of the tubular bed posts may be prevented when thehead or foot pieces of which these posts form parts are immersed inpaint or sizing contained in dipping vats.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention the closures also take partin supporting the hollow objects to be suspended and in such case are inthe form of plugs that are preferably conical whereby these plugs mayreadily be entered in the lower and open ends of the posts into whichthey are inserted practically to seal the bed posts.

Hitherto hangers have been employed for suspending the head and footpieces of bed steads formed of tubing that permitted the inflow of paintor sizing into the hollow tubular bed posts at the lower ends thereof,paint or sizing finding its way into other tubing portions united withthe posts. Prior hangers permitted paint or sizing to enter the openlower ends of tubular bedsteads thereby causing wastage of the paint orsizing trapped in the bed posts, this trapped paint or sizing alsofrequently exuding from the bed posts and the joints in the tubingconnected therewith.

I will explain my invention more fully by reference to the accompanyingdrawing illustrating the preferred embodiment and one use of theinvention and in which drawing Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating a head or foot piece of a bedstead suspended by means ofhangers of my invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the preferredform of hanger; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a tubularbed post shown in conjunction with a hanger of my invention insupporting relation thereto.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughoutthe different figures.

Each hanger illustrated includes a gripping or suspending bar 1 that maybe grasped by the hands and which bar desirably has integralcontinuations 2 and 3 extending angularly thereof from the same side ofthe bar. The continuation 2 of the gripping bar desirably terminates ina semicircular hook 4 of a diameter which will freely accommodate a bedpost 5- or other object to be suspended. The gripping bar continuation 3desirably also terminates in a hook-like formation 6 provided with aclosure 7 for the purpose of substantially closing the lower end of thebed post 5 so that liquid paint or sizing 8 in the clipping vat 9 willnot readily enter the post and other hollow parts of the bed portionbeing dipped into the paint or sizing. The closure 7 preferably isconstructed to enter the lower and open end of the bed post or tube 5 toclose this end during the clipping operation, in which event the hook 6desirably lies in a plane that is angular to and preferablysubstantially perpendicular to the plane of the hook 4, the plane ofthis latter hook being angular to and preferably substantiallyperpendicular to the gripping bar 1 while the plane of the hook 6 isdisposed substantially in the direction of the gripping bar 1. Bycausing the closure to enter the bed post such closure may also act as apart of the hanger proper in that the hanger performs its suspendingfunction in part through the intermediation of said closure. In orderthat the closure may readily enter the open end of the bed post and maybe easily brought into engagement with the lower endv of the bed postthroughout the circle thereof, I make the closure in the form of aconical plug or stopper tapering away from the base of the hook 6. Thepenetrating portion of the hook 6 upon which the conical plug or stopper7 is disposed projects toward the hook 4 and is preferably straight andis desirably close enough in alinement with the center of thesemi-circular hook 4 to enable this latter hook to cooperate with thebed post suspended by the hanger to bring the stopper or plug 7 intofull engagement with the lower end of the bed post practically to sealthe same against th inflow of paint or sizing. The plug 7 is preferablyin tight engagement with the hook 6 carrying it so that the structuremay be simple while at the same time permitting the plug to act as apart of the hanger structure.

In Fig. 1 I have shown two hangers of my invention, these being rightand left hangers, each in engagement with a hollow bed post 5 at a sideof a head or foot portion of a bedstead that is to be dipped, theclosure 7 forming a part of each hanger entering the lower end of thebed post engaged thereby suflicientlyto close the lower end of such postagainst the inflow of paint or sizing, the upper end of the bed postbeing closed by'the cap piece or other part 10 forming a permanentportion of the head or foot piece and which post is elsewhere closedagainst the inflow of paint as will be readily understood by thosefamiliar with the construction of bedsteads formed of tubing.

\Vhile each hanger desirably includes two hook portions 4 and 6 that arepermanently unitedby gripping bar 1, the invention is not to be limitedto such a construction.-

VVhile I have herein shown and particula rly described the preferredembodiment of my invention I do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction shown as changes may readily be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention, but having thus described myinvention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent thefollowing 1. A hanger for hollow objects including a suspending bar; anobject supporting hook extending from one side of the suspending bar,the plane of this hook being angular to the suspending bar; a secondobject supporting hook whose free end projects toward the first hook andwhich free end carthe first hook and which free end carries a closureplug for hollow objects and tapering toward the first hook.

3. A hanger for hollow objects including a suspending bar; an objectsupporting hook extending from one side of the suspending bar, the planeof this hook being angular to the suspending bar; a second objectsupporting hook whose free end projects toward the first hook and whichfree end carries a closure plug for hollow objects.

a. A hanger for hollow objects including a suspending bar; an objectsupporting hook extending from one end of the suspending bar, the planeof this hook being angular to the suspending bar; a second objectsupporting hook whose free end projects to-;

ward the first hook and which free end carries a closure for hollowobjects.

5. A hanger for hollow objects including a suspending bar; objectsupporting hooks,

one at each end of the bar; and a closure plug for hollow objectscarried by one of the hooks.

6. A hanger for hollow objects including a suspending bar; objectsupporting hooks, one at each end of the bar; and a closure for hollowobjects carried by one of the hooks.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this twenty-eighth dayof September, A. D. 1916.

FRANKLIN F. BRADLEY. Witnesses G. L. CRAGG, V ETTA L. lVHITE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

